Eleanor Ashton
@eleanorashton.bsky.social
Wife, mother, bit of an RAF historian, shares too many cat pics
Christmas Eve when you're not working... ❤️
December 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Christmas Eve when you're not working... ❤️
Family visiting today. We've already added Lotte and her pug to the household, so another 6 people to go...
December 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Family visiting today. We've already added Lotte and her pug to the household, so another 6 people to go...
Christmas cards written, conservatory decorated...and we'll actually be hosting people this year to see it 🎄🎉✨️
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Christmas cards written, conservatory decorated...and we'll actually be hosting people this year to see it 🎄🎉✨️
I haven't had the luxury of writing Christmas cards for years....and now Neepy decides to help
December 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I haven't had the luxury of writing Christmas cards for years....and now Neepy decides to help
Another lovely part of my new job is being given a wellbeing day once a year. I'm using mine today to visit my dad. 🥰
December 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Another lovely part of my new job is being given a wellbeing day once a year. I'm using mine today to visit my dad. 🥰
BBC News - Fundraising 11-year-old from Dorset becomes youngest MBE - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🥳 well done Carmela!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🥳 well done Carmela!
Fundraising 11-year-old from Dorset becomes youngest MBE
Carmela Chillery-Watson, who has muscular dystrophy, has taken on physical challenges for charity.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
BBC News - Fundraising 11-year-old from Dorset becomes youngest MBE - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🥳 well done Carmela!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🥳 well done Carmela!
And if the C of E surveyed clergy who leave f/t ministry....
Many clergy, the authors say, “feel strongly the twin pressures of attendance figures . . . and parish share, both of which are measures by which many parish clergy feel their performance is judged by their diocese.” These can “induce feelings of failure and shame”. #LivingMinistry #clergywellbeing
Clergy ‘feel isolated’ and lonely, latest Living Ministry study concludes
WHILE almost three-quarters of the clergy participating in a ten-year study agreed that they were fulfilling their sense of vocation, 40 per cent felt isolated in their ministry, a report published this week reveals. Lord, for the Years, the fifth...
www.churchtimes.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
And if the C of E surveyed clergy who leave f/t ministry....
First full weekend away together since 2007. That is honestly bonkers.
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
First full weekend away together since 2007. That is honestly bonkers.
It's the annual St Nicholas Fair in Tilshead today, 2-4pm in the beautiful church. Always worth a visit any time of year, but today also full of lovely things (and people). Do drop by!
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It's the annual St Nicholas Fair in Tilshead today, 2-4pm in the beautiful church. Always worth a visit any time of year, but today also full of lovely things (and people). Do drop by!
They may have done...but in my old parish the following year (2024) saw a huge spike...and that's generally the case, up one year (inexplicably) and down the next (also inexplicably). Part of reason I left f/t ministry was extreme weariness with these constant measurements-at-a-distance.
The #ChurchofEngland conducted fewer weddings than ever in 2023, as the number of people in England and Wales getting married in religious ceremonies slumped to a new low 💒
#marriage #weddings #churchweddings #churchnews
#marriage #weddings #churchweddings #churchnews
Church of England weddings at historic low, 2023 figures show
ONS reports lowest number of church marriages since the 1830s, except the pandemic
www.churchtimes.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
They may have done...but in my old parish the following year (2024) saw a huge spike...and that's generally the case, up one year (inexplicably) and down the next (also inexplicably). Part of reason I left f/t ministry was extreme weariness with these constant measurements-at-a-distance.
BBC News - Charity 'delighted' to get award equivalent to MBE
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Wiltshire charity Scrapstore 'delighted' to receive King's Award
Wiltshire Scrapstore's 80 volunteers have received The King's Award for Voluntary Service.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
BBC News - Charity 'delighted' to get award equivalent to MBE
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Remembering Sean's dad, my Grandad, my great-grandad (rifle remains and medals), and our own service today...
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Remembering Sean's dad, my Grandad, my great-grandad (rifle remains and medals), and our own service today...
Week one of my new job has concluded with a whole weekend to enjoy 🥳. Remembrance in the morning alongside the boys for first time since 2012- when we marked the armistice in Paris, and Bill was 3!
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Week one of my new job has concluded with a whole weekend to enjoy 🥳. Remembrance in the morning alongside the boys for first time since 2012- when we marked the armistice in Paris, and Bill was 3!
This time of year for veterans can push buttons in unexpected ways. Fireworks and big Remembrance parades the same week are sometimes just too much. Tonight I was so grateful to Bill for his headphones 🎧 💙
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This time of year for veterans can push buttons in unexpected ways. Fireworks and big Remembrance parades the same week are sometimes just too much. Tonight I was so grateful to Bill for his headphones 🎧 💙
Trying to work out if these letters mean
. Glaze was done by people who couldn't read/write
. They were left handed (like me) and were just showing off
. Some technique meant they couldn't see which way up they were writing until it was too late
. Glaze was done by people who couldn't read/write
. They were left handed (like me) and were just showing off
. Some technique meant they couldn't see which way up they were writing until it was too late
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Trying to work out if these letters mean
. Glaze was done by people who couldn't read/write
. They were left handed (like me) and were just showing off
. Some technique meant they couldn't see which way up they were writing until it was too late
. Glaze was done by people who couldn't read/write
. They were left handed (like me) and were just showing off
. Some technique meant they couldn't see which way up they were writing until it was too late
3 new tyres today! Pleased I brought her in for a slow puncture. Never used to need to replace them so frequently but country roads and ditches have lot to answer for...
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
3 new tyres today! Pleased I brought her in for a slow puncture. Never used to need to replace them so frequently but country roads and ditches have lot to answer for...
The end of an era today. 12 years as rector in the C of E done. And next month an exciting new chapter begins.
October 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The end of an era today. 12 years as rector in the C of E done. And next month an exciting new chapter begins.
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✈️ Join us on 22 Oct for our next Dementia Friendly Tour at RAF Museum London! Explore our First World War in the Air exhibition in a relaxed, hands-on session for people with early-stage dementia & their carers. 💙
🎟️ Free – booking essential.
📧 [email protected]
#DementiaFriends
🎟️ Free – booking essential.
📧 [email protected]
#DementiaFriends
October 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
✈️ Join us on 22 Oct for our next Dementia Friendly Tour at RAF Museum London! Explore our First World War in the Air exhibition in a relaxed, hands-on session for people with early-stage dementia & their carers. 💙
🎟️ Free – booking essential.
📧 [email protected]
#DementiaFriends
🎟️ Free – booking essential.
📧 [email protected]
#DementiaFriends
Evensong for the last time here...❤️
October 13, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Evensong for the last time here...❤️
Initially thought this was art work/stained glass...beautifying the multi-storey car park, one autumn at a time.
October 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Initially thought this was art work/stained glass...beautifying the multi-storey car park, one autumn at a time.
Restocked candles, wine and wafers yesterday so the parish is set up for the long haul...or a good year at any rate. Also have these two finally being made up... Will be my 'legacy' 😆
October 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Restocked candles, wine and wafers yesterday so the parish is set up for the long haul...or a good year at any rate. Also have these two finally being made up... Will be my 'legacy' 😆
Well I'm so pleased that Masterchef was aired, because those finalists definitely deserved to have their journey catalogued. Fab outcome. Well done all 3.
September 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Well I'm so pleased that Masterchef was aired, because those finalists definitely deserved to have their journey catalogued. Fab outcome. Well done all 3.